National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends

The leading, most comprehensive survey of adults actively using psychedelic substances in the United States. NSIHT study will improve overall safety, utility, and effectiveness using real-world evidence.

 

Use of Psychedelic Substances in the United States, 2024

Latest Data Report (2024)

The Five Key Findings:

  • Psychedelic substance use was highest among younger adults. 

  • Psilocybin was the most used psychedelic 

  • Use varied by geographic region

  • Psychedelics were perceived to improve mental health
  • Most common settings of use included use with friends or family and in small private settings

 

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About NSIHT

NSIHT is the largest ongoing survey of adults using psychedelics in the U.S., providing critical data to improve safety and effectiveness. NSIHT has launched three times since 2024, expecting it’s fourth data collection period in Winter 2025. NISHT is designed to study the context surrounding how adults use these substances, including detailed measurements of behaviors related to the use of specific substances. The survey also monitors changes in psychedelic use over time.

 

 

What We Track  

17 psychedelic substances including both pharmaceutical and recreational forms including classic psychedelic, empathogenic, and dissociative substances
Behaviors surrounding use 
Outcomes of use
Characteristics of the people who use psychedelics 

 

 

Who Uses Our Data  

Researchers • Government Agencies • Clinicians • Policymakers

 

 

Survey Methods  

  • Design: Repeat cross-sectional online survey, conducted twice yearly

  • Participants: U.S. adults (18+) who used psychedelics in the past year

  • Coverage: Nationally representative across all states

  • Quality: Validated methodology with 2+ years of development

  • Funding: Development of pilot funded through US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) Grant No. 75S20124P00003

 

 

Work With Us

Our data supports evidence-based decisions in policy, clinical practice, and research. We can provide technical reports with data insights, limited datasets, or expert consultation. 

Contact: info@rmpds.org

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FAQ

  • How often is new data collected? Twice yearly, with annual comprehensive reports.

  • Is participation confidential? Yes, completely anonymous and confidential.

  • How is the data nationally representative? Through strategic oversampling and statistical transport weighting and data fusion techniques.

  • Where can I learn more about the survey methodologies? NSIHT is registered on Open Science Framework.

 

 

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Current Bibliography Including NSIHT Data

Several NSIHT publications are anticipated to be published in 2025. Currently published and available publications are listed below:  

 

  • Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety. (2025) Use of Psychedelic Substances in the United States, 2024: Results from the National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends (NSIHT) (RMPDS Publication No. RMPDS-2025-I-01). Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, Denver Health and Hospital Authority. Denver, CO. https://www.rmpds.org/nsiht

 

  • Rockhill K, Bemis EA, Schow N, Beekman K, Olsen HA, Fox EJ, Monte AA, Black CB. Establishment of External Validity of the National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends (NSIHT). Open Science Framework Protocol. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/856DX. Retrieved from: https://osf.io/856dx

 

  • Rockhill K, Bemis EA, Schow N, Beekman K, Olsen HA, Fox EJ, Monte AA, Black CB. Establishment of Internal Validity of the National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends (NSIHT). Open Science Framework Protocol. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/A65XV. Retrieved from: https://osf.io/a65xv  

 

NSIHT Psychedelic Survey Research

National population survey monitoring the real-world use of psychedelics to understand prevalence of use, context of use, benefits, and harms.


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National Drug Use Surveys

National Drug Use Survey Capabilities

 

RMPDS is a leader in online population health surveys to capture drug use behaviors across the US and Canada.

National drug use surveys are a critical component of RMPDS’s mosaic surveillance methods, providing a robust way to measure prevalence of drug use and associated behaviors. Through rigorous survey design and online panel engagement, our tools capture prescription and over-the-counter medications, illicit drugs, cannabis, and other substances. 

These data are used by federal agencies including the FDA, Health Canada, and SAMHSA, state governments, drug sponsors, and advocacy and public health interest groups. 
 

Learn more about our National Drug Use Survey capabilities:

•    In 2025 Rocky Mountain will survey more than 131,400 people in the United States and Canada and more than 487,000 people since 2019
•    Survey design best practices: reliability testing, validation measures, and careless response mitigation
•    Ability to reach special populations: Veterans, students, racial groups, older adults, adolescents
•    Customize: deploy quickly with stakeholder-specific survey questions
•    Follow up and longitudinal methods: follow-up surveys and longitudinal follow up
 

Survey insights include:

  • Detailed demographics
  • National, Regional, and state level precision, census regions  
  • Validated health measures  
  • Drug specificity, down to formulations   
  • Designed to differentiate between illicit and Rx
  • Participant symptomology
  • Reason for use
  • Recency/frequency of use
  • Perceived benefits
  • Health history
  • Adverse events
 


 

 

NSIHT: National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends

National population survey monitoring the real-world use of psychedelics to understand prevalence of use, context of use, benefits, and harms.


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COUNTS: Cannabis Outcomes & Use National Target Survey

Investigation designed to provide comprehensive understanding of cannabis use and trends of use within specific cannabis formulations.


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GOLDS: General Online Longitudinal Drug Survey

Longitudinal study established to further define best practices in survey design, deployment, bias detection in survey behaviors and how drug use trajectories change as individuals lived experiences change.


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NMURx: Survey of Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs

This survey describes medication use without a doctor’s prescription and use outside what a doctor has prescribed. Prescription drugs include: opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and tranquilizers. 


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OTC: Survey of Over the Counter Medications

A fit-for-purpose survey that provides insight into the behaviors, preferences, safety, and effectiveness of over-the-counter medications and other consumer products among adults and adolescents in the US.


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Custom Built: Work with our team to design your study

Let’s discuss your research needs, our team is prepared to provide study design surveys, IRB submission, survey deployment and data collection and management services.


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Learn More About Our Psychedelic Studies

National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends (NSIHT)

Summary

NSIHT focuses on individuals actively using psychedelics to inform overall safety, utility, and effectiveness using real-world evidence. This cross-sectional surveillance pilot study intends, over time, to be the most comprehensive study of psychedelic use in the United States. It was informed through focus groups and underwent external expert reviews. 

Launched in April of 2024, the survey has over 4,300 respondents to date, capturing the following data: 

Development of pilot funded through US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) contract #A23-0105-00_9810

 

To learn more or for collaboration opportunities & additional survey capabilities, please contact us

Sentinel Poison Center

Summary

This is a surveillance system of psychedelic drug exposures reported to US Poison Centers. The primary purpose of this study is to quantify and monitor the number of adverse events and medical outcomes associated with psychedelic drug use reported to US poison centers. 

This augmented approach to poison center data collection will capture contextual and clinical variables currently not well captured by poison centers.

The Sentinel poison center program is currently collecting data on psychedelic safety in 4 states (Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and Montana).

RMPDS Sentinel Poison Center Program

 

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Longitudinal Psychedelic Treatment Study - Healing Centers

As new psychedelic drugs emerge, understanding their real-world safety and effectiveness is crucial. Treatments like psilocybin and ketamine are being explored for mental health conditions, with FDA-approved esketamine already available for treatment-resistant depression. While promising, these treatments come with potential risks and benefits that need thorough investigation.

The Healing Centers study is an observational, longitudinal project that will collect patient data over approximately one year. It aims to gather:

  • Demographic and medical history to describe participants.
  • Pre- and post-treatment data to analyze changes in mental health symptoms and overall wellbeing.
  • Quantitative and qualitative experiences to identify any negative outcomes or adverse events.

Key measures will include patient perceptions of health, wellbeing, social support, psychological insight, and serious adverse events like hospitalization.

Data collection is active in 15 clinics in 7 states.

Current Site Enrollment Locations:

Healing Centers current site enrollment map

For more information about our Longitudinal Psychedelic Treatment Study - Healing Centers program or to enroll, please contact us


Psychedelic Studies

Fit-for-Purpose Data Collection


 

Rocky Mountain leads the development of fit-for-purpose surveillance tools to monitor the safety and effectiveness of psychedelic therapies. Well-designed tools are important to maximizing the safe use of these therapies. The application of these psychedelic safety and effectiveness data include public health monitoring, premarket safety evaluations, and REMS evaluations.

 

 

National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends (NSIHT)

National population survey monitoring the real-world use of psychedelics to understand prevalence of use, context of use, benefits, and harms.


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Sentinel Poison Center

Surveillance of psychedelic safety at US poison centers through augmented data collection methods.


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Longitudinal Psychedelic Treatment Study

An observational, longitudinal study to understand the outcomes, impact, and participant journeys of psychedelic and dissociative treatments for mental health.


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Publications

Our team is disseminating the results of our work through manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations.


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Rocky Mountain Data Collection Leadership

We are led by a multi-disciplinary team of clinical, scientific, and methodological experts.


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Ready To Explore?

We are eager to discuss with you how we can help you meet your psychedelic data collection needs.


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Public Access Data

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Rocky Mountain leads the development of fit-for-purpose surveillance tools to monitor the safety and effectiveness of psychedelic therapies. Well-designed tools are important to maximizing the safe use of these therapies. The application of these psychedelic safety and effectiveness data include public health monitoring, premarket safety evaluations, and REMS evaluations

Public Data

Drug Use in the United States


This dashboard highlights data from the Researched Abuse, Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS®) System which has been monitoring drug use since 2006. We pride ourselves on combining data across sources to provide a more accurate and complete picture of drug use in the United States. 

Explore our dashboard below! Each tab focuses on a different facet of drug use, misuse, abuse, and diversion. On any page, use the tabs at the top to navigate to a topic of interest and the selection tool on the right to choose the type of drug you are interested in learning more about. Hover over data to see more detail.


 

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Mosaic Surveillance & Triangulation

  • Web population survey
  • Therapeutic use of psychedelics
  • Non-therapeutic substance use
  • Acute health effects
  • Mortality data
  • Drug transaction data
  • Street price information
  • Web discussion

 

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Observational Studies

  • Study design
  • Real-world data
  • Data collection and management
  • Epidemiological studies
  • Longitudinal studies
  • Biostatistical analysis
  • Custom-built research tools

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National Poison Data System Studies

  • Outcomes with intentional and unintentional exposures
  • Adverse event information
  • Data on special populations -- suicide, children, older adults

 

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Literature Surveillance

  • Customized search strategies
  • Continuous monitoring
  • Synthesis of insights

 

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Benchmarking and Safety

  • Signal detection
  • Human abuse potential study design
  • Retrospective and prospective data
  • Diversion risk
  • History, trends, and patterns of use

 

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Patient Health & Medical Toxicology Services Learn More

Telemedicine

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Clinical Care

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Medical Toxicology Training

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Healthcare System Navigation

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Patient Stories

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Consulting

Adverse Event Signal Detection

  • Data analysis and interpretation
  • Risk assessment
  • Medical information and pharmacovigilance
  • Acute health effects

 

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Data Analytics

  • Data integration and visualization
  • Advanced analytics
  • Real-time monitoring

 

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Study Design & Protocol Development

  • Methodology development
  • Risk assessment
  • Reporting and dissemination
  • Regulatory compliance

 

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Public Health Responses

  • Safety signal management
  • Public health communication
  • Risk management plans
  • Education and training
  • US State data on drug use

 

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Toxicology

  • Board-certified medical toxicologists
  • Adverse event management
  • Product development
  • Education and training

 

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Database Development

  • Adverse event reporting
  • Signal detection and assessment
  • Product quality complaints

 

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Medical Information & Pharmacovigilance Learn More

Streamlined Adverse Event & Product Complaint Intake

  • Predominate expert PharmD Staff
  • HCP agent live answer (we never use non-HCP to triage calls)
  • Robust initial data collection and documentation
  • Premium reporting and data utiliztaion
  • Expert recognition of hidden events with mature probing for more complete reports

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International Telephony

  • Multi-channel configuration
  • Robust IVR configurability
  • Reportable non-recorded lines for privacy regulation compliance
  • Disaster recovery/redundant systems
  • Call recording for quality review
  • Speech analytics and AI quality monitoring

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Pharmacovigilance

  • On-time regulatory submissions and reporting
  • Aggregate, periodic and expedited reporting (PSUR and PADAR, etc.)
  • Data migration
  • SDEA
  • Agency audit support
  • Literature surveillance
  • Risk management services
  • MedDRA and WHO drug coding

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Turnkey Medical Information Database

  • Internal clinical system implementation administrators
  • Streamlined onboarding and client-specific modifications
  • Customized data collection configurations 
  • Fully validated system incorporating regulatory and privacy requirements

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Medical Information Insights

  • Industry standards through best practices
  • Real-time, interactive, configurable dashboards
  • Customized data points
  • PharmD analysis 

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System integrations

  • Bi-directional CRM integrations
  • Content integrations with industry standard document repositories
  • PV and quality system integration (XML output)
  • CRM Contact integrations
  • Portal webform intake

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Publication Strategies

  • Literature reviews and meta-analyses
  • Manuscript writing
  • Conference abstract and presentation generation
  • Collaborative research and authorship
  • Regulatory submissions and white papers

 

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Medical Writing

  • Clinical trial documentation
  • Adverse event reports
  • Educational and training materials
  • Medical and safety communications

 

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